SAP company and enterprise and mobile software provider Sybase has launched its mobile device security and application management software support for Cisco Cius – a secure business tablet created for the enterprise at Cisco Live, Cisco’s annual IT and communications conference.
The combination of Sybase’s management features and security from Afaria along with the Sybase Unwired Platform provides application developers a fast, efficient and secure way to build and deploy mobile enterprise applications, said the company.
Sybase products already support Android (smartphones and tablets), iOS (iPhone and iPad), Windows Mobile, Symbian and BlackBerry platforms.
Sybase iAnywhere president Terry Stepien said, "Our ability to rapidly support the latest devices on our mobile enterprise application platform and ensure they are enterprise-ready is unmatched in the industry."
"We highly value Cisco as a strategic partner with a common goal of driving enterprise mobility innovation. The Cisco Cius running on Sybase Unwired Platform will offer customers a new class of highly collaborative and secure productivity apps, which will continue advancing tablet adoption in the enterprise."
Cisco had unveiled its latest device last month. The HD Android-based Cius weighs 1.15lbs (0.52kg) and offers HD video streaming and real-time video, multi-party conferencing, email, messaging and browsing.
It features a front-mounted 720p HD camera and a rear-mounted 5-megapixel camera that can transmit streaming VGA quality video as well as take photos. The screen is a seven inch, high-resolution wide screen. It currently supports Wi-Fi and 3G with 4G being added at a later date. Cisco adds that under normal usage the battery should last around eight hours. It has has Bluetooth and Micro-USB connectivity.
Sybase said that its Unwired Platform and Sybase Afaria are designed to improve customer efficiency, responsiveness and satisfaction through development and management of user-friendly, highly productive native and Web-based applications.
The applications are designed to mobilise business processes and workflow, and provide real-time access to back-office systems across the enterprise on a secure mobile platform, said the company.
